Korvaa aiming to be world’s first pair of headphones made out of microbes

As gross as it may sound, someone has built a pair of headphones not from metal, plastic or animal skin, but using yeast, fungus, and bacteria!

Korvaa is the world’s first microbe-grown headphone prototype.

The headphones we usually see in the market use a mix of plastic, leather and mesh — not the most environmentally friendly ingredients. However, a brand called Aivan, as Fast Company reports, has opted for yeast, mushrooms and other microbe-grown materials to make more environment-friendly gadgets.

Korvaa is the world’s first microbe-grown headset. Image: Aivan.

Reportedly, the process to identify and finalise materials took six months. At the end, things that made to the prototype were 3D printed body made of yeast, the ear passing and the leather on top was replaced with fungus, and the mesh that touches the ears was made out of biosynthetic spider silk. The outer foam used a mycelium-cellulose composite.